February 17th Recap: Banking Index at a New All-Time Low

The banks and other financial stocks continued to lead the broader market lower. Today the BKX broke to a new all-time(!!) low by dropping below the 1993 low of 24.69. There’s really not much more to say besides “all-time lows” and “the trend is your friend”. The XLF also made a new all-time low today, [...]

January 26 Recap & Charts to Watch

The indices continued their range-bound trading today. The early strength gave way to selling mid-morning. I’m not sure whether to blame it on Obama’s economic press conference or technicals — the Nasdaq approaching its 50-day moving average and the indices hitting last week’s range tops. I suspect we will have more of this range trading [...]

September 4, 2008 Recap: Not Yet Oversold

After I covered all of my shorts today I was convinced that I should take tomorrow off and not press my luck. That’s because so many stocks seem oversold after all this week’s selling. I was also seeing things like the QQQQ breaking its July low, the SOX breaking to a new 5+ year low [...]